Legal Opinion

Veloz v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided January 19, 1984No. 01-83-0410-CRPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

The appellant was convicted by a jury of sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced by the court to imprisonment for five years.

The appellant complains of the admission of testimony regarding extraneous offenses from the victim, who was his stepdaughter, from the victim’s sister, and from the victim’s aunt. He further complains that the jury charge at the guilt stage was fundamentally defective because of an instruction limiting the jury’s consideration of the extraneous offense evidence. We overrule all grounds of error and affirm the judgment.

The victim was the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Albrecht v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
  3. Gephart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952
  4. Prior v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  5. Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Koffel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
  2. Smith v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1986
  3. Sapien v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1985
  4. Caldwell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1985
  5. Clark v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1985

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